Root Admin Phil Lilley Posted January 17, 2007 Root Admin Posted January 17, 2007 Steff sent me this and I thought it was interesting enough to post - - This is scary! This is a case of photographer photographs photographer. The following photographs were taken by photographer Hans van de Vorst at the Grand Canyon, Arizona. The descriptions are his own. The identity of the photographer IN the photos is unknown. I was simply stunned seeing this guy standing on this solitary rock IN the Grand Canyon. The canyon's depth is 900 metersAN> here. The rock on the right is next to the canyon and safe. Watching this guy on his thong sandals, with a camera and a tripod I asked myself 3 questions: 1. How did he climb that rock? 2. Why not taking that sunset picture on that rock to the right, which is perfectly safe? 3. How will he get back? This is the point of no return. After the sun set behind the canyon's horizon he packed his things (having only one hand available) and prepared himself for the jump. This took about 2 minutes. At that point he had the full attention of the crowd. After that, he jumped on his thong sandals... The canyon's depth is 900 meters here. Now you can see that the adjacent rock is higher so he tried to land lower, which is quite steep and tried to use his one hand to grab the rock. We've come to the end of this le story. Look carefully at the photographer. He has a camera, a tripod and also a plastic bag, all on his shoulder or in his left hand. Only his right hand is available to grab the rock and the weight of his stuff is a problem. He lands low on this flip flops both his right hand and right foot slips away... At that moment I take this shot. He pushes his body against the rock. He waits for a few seconds, throws his stuff on the rock, climbs and walks away
Kansas Fly Fisher Posted January 17, 2007 Posted January 17, 2007 WOW! In the EMS (emergency medical services) we call that "job security." Glad it turned out okay for him. Could have been REAL bad. John Born to Fish, Forced to Work KSMEDIC.COM
ColdWaterFshr Posted January 17, 2007 Posted January 17, 2007 Got the same thing a few days ago. Its not entirely accurate. Go to snopes.com
Root Admin Phil Lilley Posted January 17, 2007 Author Root Admin Posted January 17, 2007 Interesting... But you know- this pic still doesn't show everything. If one were to fall from the jump, it appears one could roll off the connecting ledge and fall ??? feet. Illusion or not, it made my stomach tighten. Thanks for the link to snopes though.
MTM Posted January 18, 2007 Posted January 18, 2007 Phil- That guy is a few cards short of a full deck if you as me. LOL Not me thats for sure. Ron
shawncat Posted January 18, 2007 Posted January 18, 2007 I saw Rich from Rich's Last Resort do the same thing once when we were turkey hunting.Jumped out on a bluff very much the same size[much shorter fall I'm sure.This was the Ozark Mtns. not the Rockies]to call turkey's.After a few minutes he realized he had'nt tried that in 10 or so years.Well after 20 or so minutes he got the courage to jump back.Man that was a hairy,scary day in the Big Piney river hills.
Root Admin Phil Lilley Posted January 19, 2007 Author Root Admin Posted January 19, 2007 I redirected a photo off snoops and I guess they don't like that... ergo the lime ugly face. You'll have to go to snoops and see it for yourself.
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